Hay-carrier.



W. GUTENKUNST.

HAY CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED 00118. 1 915.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

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W. GUTENKUNST.

HAY CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I8. 1915.

Patented Oct. 24,1916.

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WILLIAM cUTENKUNsr, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

HAY-Canaries.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ILL AM GUTEN- nonsr, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and StateofWVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hay-Carriers,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hay carriers, and it pertains,more especially among other things, to the mechanism for locking thecarrier in a fixed position to its supporting track as the load is beingraised and for automatically releasing the carrier from such fixedposition as the load reaches the limit of its upward movement.

My invention also pertains to the device for gripping the hoisting cableand for manually releasing such cable from its gripping jaws after theload has been dis engaged therefrom, whereby the fork suspended from thehoisting cable may be drawn down and again loaded with hay or othersimilar material preparatory to being raised and conveyed to a place ofdeposit.-

My invention is further explained by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which t Figure 1 is a side view thereof as it appearssuspended from an ordinary track. Fig. 2 is a similar view to that shownin Fig. 1, part broken away to show the interior construction. Fig. 3 isa transverse vertical section drawn on line a, a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aplan of that portion of the hold ing mechanism which is rigidlyconnected with the carrier supporting track, and Fig. 5' is a side viewof the device shownv in Fig. 4.

Lil-te parts are represented by the same reference numerals throughoutthe several views.

1' represents a track of ordinary construction upon which the carrier issuspended, and by which the carrier and load are brought above the placeof deposit.

2 represents the main frame of the carrier which is provided at itsrespective ends with a pair of rollers 3, 3, by which it is suspendedfrom the track. The rollers 3, 3 are connected with the frame 2 byjournal bearings 1, l in the ordinary manner.

5 is a tackle block which is provided with a pulley 6 for the receptionof the hoisting cable 7. The tackle block is also provided with hooks 8for the reception of a hay fork Specification of Ietters Patent.Patented 0C1 24, 1916. Application filed October 18, 1915. Serial No.56,406.

orsling, not shown, which may be of ordinary construction. The tackleblock 5 is further provided with two pairs of loops 9, 9 and 10, 10which serve as guide bearings for the hoisting cable? as said cable -7passes around and beneath the pulley 6. Theupper end 11 of the tackleblock forms a block or contact bearing, which as the load is raised isbrought in direct contact with the opposing block 12. The opposing block12 is rigidly connected with the vertical bar 13, whereby as said blocksare brought together the bar l3 isautomatically raised. As the bar 13 isthus raised it is brought in contact with the arm 40 of the two armedlever i1, whereby the upper arm 42 is thrown back against the recoil ofthe spring 43 shown in Fig. 3. As the arm 42 is thrown back itis'disengaged from the notch 4% of the member 15, shown in Fig. 5,whereby the carrier 2 is free to be moved forward on the track 1 abovethe place of deposit. Preparatory to raising the load the arm or memberas is caused to traverse one of the inclined surfaces @6 of said member45 until it is'brought opposite said notch or recess ail, when it isthrown into said notch or recess by the action of the spring 13 shown inFig. 3.

I have provided two different means for disengaging the carrier frame 2from the track 1. The carrier frame 2- is disengaged from the track 1first by contact of the block 11 with block 12, as hereinbeforedescribed, whereby the vertical bar 13 is raised until it is brought incontact with the arm 40 when the arm 42 is thereby drawn back out ofengagement with member 45, as previously described. As a second means ofthus disengaging the carrier frame 2 from the track a downward pull ismanually com municated to the cable 17 whereby motion is communicatedthrough the arms 17 and 15 and loop 14 to said vertically moving bar13,and from thence to said arm 40 as pre viously described, whereby thecarrier frame 2 is also in like manner disengaged from its track, themember 42 being thereby withdrawn from-the notch 44, which object can bethus accomplished as the load reaches any point of elevation above-thewagon which is being unloaded. It will be understood that as the carrieris thus moved along the track the arm 48 will be brought in contact withone of the opposing ends of the stationary member 45, whereby said arm48 will be moved toward the left, relatively to its supporting frame 2,reference being'had to Fig. 1, whereby the triangular member 49 will betilted toward the left on the pivotal bolt 50, motion being communicatedto said triangular member .49 from said arm 48 through the pivotal bolt51. As the triangular member 49 is thus moved the segmental gear isthrown down in the direction indicated by the arrow thereon, when motionis communicated therefrom to the gear 22, said gear 22 being turned inthe direction indicated by the arrow, when motion is communicated to thetooth bar 23, when motion is communicated from said bar 23 to the barthrough the connecting link 26, whereby the cable 7 which is rigidlygripped between the clutch members 24 and 25 is released. The members 24and 25 are provided with lateral projections 29,29 and 30, 30, whichhave slidable bearings 31, 32 and 33 in the inclosing frame, wherebysaid grip members are simultaneously thrown back and away from thehoisting cable 7 as they are raised. The clutch mechanism 25 is forcedin contact with the hoisting cable 7 as it descends by the action of thespring Cir 34, and said spring 34: is pivotally supported from thecarrier frame by the pins 35, 35. The gear 22 is revolubly supportedfrom the carrier frame upon the shaft 36, and the two armed lever ll ispivotally supported from the carrier frame upon the pivotal bolt 36. Thespring 43 is connected with the two armed lever 41 by the bolt 36. Thehoisting cable 7 is connected at one end with the triangular member 49by the clamping mechanism 38 in the ordinary manner, when it passes fromtheredown beneath the pulley 6 and from there up and over the pulley 39when its opposite end is connected with the hoisting power, which may bea team or other source of power.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the described class, a carrier frame provided with a.plurality of downwardly converging recesses, a plurality of grippingmembers having slidable bearings in said recesses, a hoisting cablehaving an upward and downward movement between the opposing surfaces ofsaid gripping members, and means for moving said gripping members intoand out of gripping contact with said hoisting cable.

2. In a device of the described class, a carrier frame provided with aplurality of Copies of this patent may be obtained for downwardlyconverging recesses, a plurality of grippmg members havlng slidablebearlngs 1n sald recesses, a pair of llnks pivotally connecting withsaid gripping mem bers, a hoisting cable having an upward and downwardmovement between the opposing surfaces of said gripping members, andmeans for automatically moving said gripping members out of. grippingcontact with said hoisting cable.

3. In a device of the described class, a carrier frame provided with aplurality of downwardly converging recesses, a plurality. of grippingmembers having slidable bearings in said recesses, links connected withsaid gripping members, a hoisting cable having an upward and downwardmovement between the opposing surfaces of said gripping members, andmeans for both automatically and manually moving said gripping membersinto and out of gripping contact with said hoisting cable. I

4. In a device of the described class, a carrier frame provided with aplurality of downwardly converging recesses, a plural- 'ity of grippingmembers having slidable hearings in said recesses, a hoisting cablehaving an upward and downward movement between the opposing surfaces ofsaid gripping members, a series of cog teeth formed integral with one ofsaid gripping members, a link for communicating motion from one of saidgripping members to the other upon the opposite side of said cable,

a pinion meshing with the teeth of said gripping member, a segmentalgear having teeth meshing with one side of said pinion, an arm slidablyconnected with said carrier frame and pivotally connected with said semental gear, said arm being adapted as said carrier frame is broughtbeneath a retaining bracket attached to a supporting track to move,whereby said segmental gear is revolved a partial revolution and motionfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,I). G.

